2010年12月31日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Alaska senate hopeful finally concedes defeat (AFP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 04:23 PM PST

Alaskan Tea Party Senate candidate Joe Miller, pictured here on November 2010, finally conceded defeat Friday, nearly two months after an election result he had appealed against as far as the state's supreme court.(AFP/Getty Images/File/John Moore)AFP - Alaskan Tea Party Senate candidate Joe Miller finally conceded defeat Friday, nearly two months after an election result he had appealed against as far as the state's supreme court.


Miller says he's ending legal fight, conceding (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2010 file photo, Republican Joe Miller speaks with reporters during a news conference in Juneau, Alaska. Miller is ending his fight over Alaska's U.S. Senate seat, conceding the race to his bitter rival, incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski. Miller's decision, announced Friday, Dec. 31, 2010 at a news conference in Anchorage, comes one day after the state certified Murkowski as the winner. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)AP - Republican Joe Miller is ending his fight over Alaska's U.S. Senate seat, conceding the race to his bitter rival, incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski.


Hungary, under fire over media law, takes over EU presidency (AFP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 03:38 PM PST

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban gives a press conference on November 2010 following their meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels. Hungary took the helm of the European Union on Saturday even as a new law which sparked concern about media freedom in the country came into force in the teeth of fierce opposition.(AFP/File/Thierry Charlier)AFP - Hungary took the helm of the European Union on Saturday even as a new law which sparked concern about media freedom in the country came into force in the teeth of fierce opposition.


Christine O'Donnell Thinks Joe Biden, Not Witchcraft, Is After Her (Time.com)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 02:50 PM PST

Time.com - She claims the issue was not confusion over the law, but a vindictive Vice President Joe Biden, who beat O'Donnell by nearly 30 percentage points in the 2008 elections.

Clock ticking as I.Coast's Ouattara issues ultimatum (AFP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 12:36 PM PST

Ivory Coast faced a New Year overshadowed by the threat of open conflict as supporters of the internationally recognised election winner Alassane Ouattara, pictured on December 8, gave self-proclaimed president Laurent Gbagbo until midnight to quit.(AFP/File/Issouf Sanogo)AFP - Ivory Coast on Friday faced the threat of open conflict as self-proclaimed president Laurent Gbagbo vowed not to yield to pressure to step down and his rival gave him until midnight to quit.


Obama craves familiarity on Hawaiian vacation (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 10:32 AM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 27, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama, right, his daughter Malia, second from right, and family and friends eat Shave Ice at Island Snow at Kailua Beach Center while on vacation with the first family in Kailua, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)AP - There are those who crave adventure and spontaneity during their vacations. Then, there's President Barack Obama.


Will Obama’s lame-duck dealmaking survive in the new year? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 09:10 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - President Obama and Congress proved during the lame-duck session that they can work together to resolve big and thorny issues, but that remarkable show of bipartisanship in all likelihood will be short-lived.

I.Coast's Ouattara gives Gbagbo midnight deadline (AFP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 08:46 AM PST

Ivory Coast faced a New Year overshadowed by the threat of open conflict as supporters of the internationally recognised election winner Alassane Ouattara, pictured on December 8, gave self-proclaimed president Laurent Gbagbo until midnight to quit.(AFP/File/Issouf Sanogo)AFP - Ivory Coast's internationally recognised presidential election winner Alassane Ouattara has given rival Laurent Gbagbo until midnight Friday to quit, Ouattara's prime minister Guillaume Soro said.


Gay Republican and possible 2012 presidential candidate Fred Karger talks to theDC (Daily Caller)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 09:42 PM PST

Daily Caller - “I don't know about the next election, but I think in the near future," said former President Jimmy Carter recently when asked about the possibility of America electing a gay president. Carter argued that because the country voted for an African-American president two years ago before coming close to nominating the first woman candidate, the country could be open to a gay one.

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